The Daily Crossword

ACROSS

1 Eucalyptus

eater

6 “Oh, come on!”

11 Chutzpah

15 Baltimore’s __

Harbor

16 Like baggy pants 17 Off-broadway

award

18 *Whisky with ice,

say

21 Mailed

22 Molecule part

23 Wild West search

parties

24 Ballpark fig.

26 Rubella spot,

familiarly

28 *Course for a first-year student, maybe

32 Sunny spot for a

potted plant

36 Monopoly cube

37 P-like Greek letter 38 Sunblock letters

40 The Bee __: “Saturday Night Fever” group

41 Fretting

43 Tastefully stylish

45 Pixar clownfish

46 Hi-__ monitor

48 Dot or rom follower 49 Untruth

50 Tiling job supply

52 *Decathlete who

throws a metal ball 55 [Is this microphone

working?]

57 Tire inflation abbr. 58 Vietnamese

sandwich

61 Donburi grain

63 Black-eyed __

67 Trivial distance, or what can be paired, in order, with the starts of the answers to the starred clues

70 Fiery volcanic

output

71 Top-tier

72 Educator

Montessori

73 Caesar’s “vidi”

74 Sport with clay

targets

75 Nudges

DOWN

1 Foil-wrapped Hershey’s chocolate

2 __ and for all

3 Mystery writer,

briefly?

4 Pen pal product

5 Curved shape

6 “The __ thickens!” 7 California wine

valley

8 Chaotic yet

appealing person 9 Blonde shade

10 Cries

11 Slangy zero

12 Pre-k basics

13 Take a shine to

14 __ is more

19 Actress Teri

20 Breadbasket item 25 Arrange by color,

say

27 Characteristic

28 Naming names,

briefly

29 Bay Area NFLER

30 Spanish “I love

you”

31 Most shameful

33 Gave out, as cards 34 Wish-granter in

Aladdin’s lamp

35 Perfume

compound

39 Went belly-up

42 Lefty

44 Kangaroo Island

birds

47 Marker brand 51 Scottish hats

53 Morphine,

for one

54 Container near a

cash register

56 Colorado’s __ Peak 58 Indonesian

island

59 “I got it!” cries

60 __ Scotia

62 Tech news site

64 Continental

currency

65 Surrounded by

66 Mani-pedi

spots

68 Category

69 Band’s sound

booster